Welcome to Lakes Climber – the place for walking and rock climbing adventures in the Lake District!

We are currently taking bookings for walking, climbing, and mountaineering in the Lake District or beyond. We deliver a range of guided days out on the hill or crag, and we also enjoy providing instruction or coaching to support you as you head out on your own adventures. To find out more about what we offer, follow the links to our climbing and walking pages in the menu above.

Our availability is listed on our Calendar. If you have any queries, do check out the Frequently Asked Questions page, and for further information, or to make a booking, get in touch via the Contact page.

Hill walking and navigation

Join one of our skills days to gain confidence in the hills or learn about navigation – prices from £60 per person. Or book a private day of guided hill walking or navigation that is tailored to your needs!

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Rock climbing

Join one of our intro to rock or technical rock skills days – prices from £70 per person. Or book a private day of guided climbing or bespoke skills to suit your needs!

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Lakes Climber is at Borrowdale Valley, Cumbria, England.

1 week ago

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3/3 Family fun – it’s taken me a while to post this one, but hopefully it’s worth the wait… Just before Easter, Richard and Ryan joined me in Borrowdale to climb their first trad route in style 🧗Corvus delivered beautiful slabby climbing, a spot of squirming (extra fun with a rucksack), and airy traversing in a stunning mountain setting.15-year-old Ryan was a natural, quickly getting the hang of all the ropework and knots, and calmly cruising the climbing – savouring the views from tiny ledges perched high above the valley.From my nest at each belay I could hear Ryan and proud dad Richard nattering away as they climbed – pointing out the best holds for each other, and appearing with triumphant grins at the top of each pitch as they adapted their indoor climbing skills for the challenges posed by weird boulder-hugging manoeuvres and occasionally some soggy rock…It was an absolute delight to spend the day in the mountains with such a great team – giggling as photos from precipitous cliff faces were sent to mum (once we had safely reached the top) and grins as we got back to the car just as the first raindrops fell!Here’s to many future adventures in the mountains ⛰️#rockclimbing #lakedistrict #lunchesonledges #mountaineering #familydayout … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber is at Langdale, Lake District.

2 weeks ago

Lakes Climber
2/3 sunny scrambling: Tuesday’s weather was kind as Miranda and Mark joined me for a @lake_district_mountaineering intro to summer mountaineeringWell-equipped with solid background knowledge of rock climbing, and a host of great questions, we were able to cover loads:✅ placing gear✅ building belays✅ safeguarding a second✅ ropework for scrambling✅ routefinding on rock✅ ascending and descending technical terrain✅ mountain navigationThank you for a really fun – and safe 😀 – day in the mountains. Enjoy your future adventures! ⛰️#mountaineering #lakedistrict #langdale #ukclimbing #snacksinpockets … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber is at Borrowdale Valley, Cumbria, England.

3 weeks ago

Lakes Climber
1/3 three good days: Sunday brought gale force rain.. but Quentin was well equipped with positivity and excellent gear – we had matching @buffalosystems jackets!The morning was spent getting to grips with placing gear and building belays. With freezing hands, I cracked first and announced that lunch involved a hot chocolate in the hotel down the road!Returning to the crag in slightly drier weather Quentin calmly led her first trad route in style. Abseiling back to the ground we found that our rucksacks had been blown halfway down the scree slope!An excellent day building trad skills fuelled by optimism and resilience (and hot chocolate)Great to see @philblair91 also out working, and impressed he did not bail for lunchtime respite!Only one photo due to apocalyptic weather ☔️💨#tradclimbing #climbingskills #lakedistrict #ukclimbing #takespareglovespippa … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber is at Lake District.

3 weeks ago

Lakes Climber
Spring cragging:-snatched sunny days, nature awakeningtouching rock, trusting feetladybirds on my handholds…battle scarslearning to be brave againfirst airtime of the year as enthusiasm gets the better of abilitytrying hard, aching armsthe warm glow of time well spenteagerness for more– see you on the crag?#tradclimbing #lakedistrictclimbing #rockclimbing #femaleinstructor #nature … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber is at Borrowdale Valley, Cumbria, England.

1 month ago

Lakes Climber
Youthful resilience – last Sunday’s forecast was atrocious! A quick discussion with the driver of the small car packed with keen @du.mountaineering climbing newbies saw us change plans and head to Threlked Cafe for a few hours, to eat cake and cover the basics of trad climbing in a venue that didn’t have horizontal hail ☔️However, the afternoon cleared and student enthusiasm meant we braved numb fingers and general sogginess to head to the crag and give everyone a first go at:✅ climbing rock!✅ belaying✅ placing gear Thank you to trainee instructor @katie_williamson10 for helping out and being constantly cheery in all weatherThank you to Threlkeld Cafe for letting us play around with ropes and gear in the corner of your cafe for a few hours.And thank you to Durham Uni students for all your joy and enthusiasm for climbing 🧗@ami_professionals #rockclimbing #tradclimbing #studentclubs #ukweather #lakedistrict … See MoreSee Less

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